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River Restoration Priority Projects
DER evaluates and undertakes stream restoration projects by partnering with local and regional river advocacy groups. Restoration projects follow an ecosystem-based subwatershed approach focusing on the factors that most impact river and stream health. Stream restoration projects that DER works on include: stream continuity and aquatic species passage projects such as dam removal and culvert replacement and retrofits; aquatic habitat improvement; stream daylighting; and urban stream revitalization.
Priority and Pilot Projects
| Stream |
Town |
Type of Restoration |
| Amethyst Brook |
Pelham |
dam removal |
| Bronson Brook |
Worthingon |
culvert replacement, culvert retrofit, bank bioengineering, woody habitat installation |
| Cotley River |
Taunton |
dam removal |
| Housatonic River |
Dalton |
Old Berkshire Mill dam removal |
| Housatonic River |
Lee |
Restoration at the Columbia Mill Dam |
| Ipswich River |
Middleton |
dam removal |
| Labor-in-Vain Brook |
Somerset |
culvert replacement and habitat improvements |
| Minute Man National Historic Park tributary |
Lincoln |
daylighting and culvert replacement |
| Neponset River |
Boston, Milton |
river restoration |
| Ox Pasture Brook |
Rowley |
dam removal |
| Tower Brook |
Chesterfield |
culvert retrofit |
| Town Brook |
Plymouth |
Billington Street dam removal, Brewster Gardens stream bank restoration |
| Yokum Brook |
Becket |
Silk Mill dam removal and Ballou dam removal |
| Blackstone River |
Millbury |
dam removal |
| Coles Brook |
Washington |
aquatic habitat restoration |
| Eel River |
Plymouth |
small dam removal, coldwater habitat restoration, retired cranberry bog restoration |
| Galloway Brook |
Barre |
small dam removal |
| Green River |
Greenfield |
2 dams removal |
| Jones River |
Kingston |
dam removal |
| North Branch Hoosic River |
Clarksburg |
aquatic habitat restoration |
| South Branch Hoosic River and Hoxie Brook |
Adams |
stream daylighting, flood channel habitat improvements |
| West Branch Housatonic River |
Pittsfield |
dam removal |
| Little River |
Gloucester |
stream channel restoration |
| Mill River |
Taunton |
aquatic habitat restoration and dam removals |
| North Nashua River |
Fitchburg |
urban stream revitalization |
| Red Brook |
Wareham |
small dam removals and aquatic habitat restoration |
| Shawsheen River |
Andover |
multiple dam removal |
| Swift River |
Belchertown and Ware |
stream restoration |
| Town Brook |
Plymouth |
stream channel improvement, small dam removals, stream daylighting |
| Thousand Acre Brook |
Athol |
dam removal |
| Thunder Brook |
Cheshire |
dam removal and culvert replacement |
| Wellingsley Brook |
Plymouth |
channel restoration |
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